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WW2 Australian Naval uniforms

1940. Captain. HMHS Wanganella.
This uniform is an example of an Australian Merchant Naval uniform worn by mercantile officers. 

The black wool tunic is in the fashion of the RAN with NSW Mercantile buttons and rank displayed on the shoulders.

The black wool naval hat has distinctive bullion embroidery to the front peak and the distinctive mercantile hat badge to the front of the peak cap,
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Photo from Australian Civil-Military Centre